{"product_id":"2940013855830","title":"Dead Letters","description":"Part of our common cultural heritage is a collection of legends, stories, tales, and other narratives generally accepted at face value irrespective of their being very open to questioning because, as with many things from the remote and not-so-remote past, it is almost impossible to verify or corroborate them due to the lack of collateral evidence.\u003cbr\u003e So it was with a great sense of obligation to History that we at Oxbridge Universal Press set out visiting dead letter offices all over the world, searching, prying, scavenging, eavesdropping, and so on, in an attempt to uncover supporting documents for many of these legends of history. We are pleased to say that our effort was not without fruit—we have discovered many important documents bearing on some of the most common stories generally accepted unquestioningly.\u003cbr\u003e Thus we present the true story behind the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza; a letter of King Tut's widow; what really happened at Cleopatra's first meeting with Caesar; the many letters of Leofric, Lord of Coventry concerning his wife's famous ride; the Munich Conference as seen by its three leaders; what George Patton really thought of his job and superiors; and many more.","brand":"Oxbridge Universal Press (OxUP)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181946028272,"sku":"2940013855830","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013855830_p0.jpg?v=1763595584","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013855830","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}